<div dir="auto">Whew we were about to blame X server:)</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 09:55 Leam Hall via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I've had the new trackball for a week or so, no issues so far. Looks like hardware was the issue. I'm thinking I may have pulled the cord a bit much as I tried to get things organized.<br>
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On 12/5/25 12:43, lollipopman691 via Ale wrote:<br>
> Oof, yeh. This feels like hardware.<br>
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> On Friday, December 5th, 2025 at 9:27 AM, Leam Hall via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> On 12/5/25 02:20, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:<br>
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>>> On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 13:45:45 -0500<br>
>>> Leam Hall via Ale <a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a> wrote:<br>
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>>>> Running XFCE on Fedora 37, and for the past couple of weeks my mouse<br>
>>>> will occasionally freeze. The fix is to unseat the USB connection and<br>
>>>> reseat it, but I'm not seeing any common event happening to trigger<br>
>>>> the issue. I'm not seeing anything in /var/log/messages, but then<br>
>>>> again I'm not sure what to look for, either. Same for systemd logging.<br>
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>>>> Suggestions on where to start?<br>
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>>> If you haven't replaced your mouse's battery for more than a month, do<br>
>>> it now with a high quality alkaline battery. It might not fix the<br>
>>> problem, but it's one less variable to have to consider.<br>
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>> Wired USB. It seems to happen randomly, some days no issues, other days two or three times a day.<br>
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